The Apple Beat: Pressure mounts on Apple to make iPhone 7 truly great

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

“Skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been,” that’s a quote by the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, which Steve Jobs referenced during the momentous launch of the original iPhone in 2007.

Jobs continued by saying, “we try to understand as we develop our product road map, what’s going to be exciting in the future. And that’s one of the advantages we have over our competitors. Our competitors tend to put the cross hairs on where we are now, and by the time they come up with a product that tries to match where we are now, we’re beyond them. We’re one or two generations beyond, moving faster than they are.”

That was the spirit of innovation that powered the Apple engine and that’s what made the iPhone such an audacious, brave and, in hindsight, timely invention. But the world has changed and while Apple is still the most valuable company, the pressure is on to see if it is still the most innovative.

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BMO launches “Next Big Idea in Fintech” with the DMZ at Ryerson University

Around the world, financial services technology is evolving rapidly and the pace of change is accelerating.  Canada has become a leading source of new ideas, and BMO Financial Group wants to ensure that the next big idea gets the support it needs to make it a reality and benefit Canadian consumers.

 BMO today announced a partnership with the DMZ at Ryerson University that will help identify those innovative minds that will create these new technologies, and then provide support to their start-up enterprises.

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Mixyourwatch.com allows you to mix and match Apple Watch and strap combinations

While the availablity of Apple Watch is around the corner, there's still a lot of information we don't know about Apple's wearable. For example, what specific cases will look like with bands that are designed for other editions. The folks at Mixyourwatch.com have created a way to visualize various cases and bands. There's nothing like trying on an Apple Watch in store, but this service at least helps users get an idea of how their choices will look.

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Dyson’s $2.6 billion CAD investment in research to supercharge global growth

Dyson committed a $2.6 billion CAD (£1.5 billion) investment to future technology, including a $1.7 billion CAD (£1bn) for the research and development of new product technologies.  Dyson is developing four new portfolios of technology and will launch 100 new products around the world in the next four years. Hit jump for the full details.

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